(2023)CHIJSEC S3 Core Geog EOY - Mark Scheme

CONVENT OF THE HOLY INFANT JESUS SECONDARY Secondary 3 Express End-of-Year Examination 2023 CANDIDATE NAME CLASS 3/ REGISTER NUMBER GEOGRAPHY Paper 1 2279/01 29 September 2023 1 hour 45 minutes MARK SCHEME This document consists of 14 printed pages. [Turn over

2 CHIJSec/2023/EOY/3E/2279/01 1 Geographical Methods (a) A group of students wanted to investigate the shop and service provision at ION Orchard in Singapore. ION Orchard is a premium shopping mall that brings together brands across fashion, food and lifestyle at Singapore's most popular shopping district, Orchard Road. Fig. 1 shows the questionnaire survey designed by the students. Geographical Fieldwork Questionnaire 1. Which continent are you from? Asia Europe North America South America Australia & Oceania Africa 2. How often do you visit ION Orchard? Every day Every two or three days Once a week Once a month Rarely 3. On a scale of 1 – 3, how would you rate the shop and service provision at ION Orchard? (1 – very bad, 3 – excellent) 1 2 3 O O O 4. What is/are the reason(s) for visiting ION Orchard today? Fashion and fast food Electronics Restaurants Café Beauty and wellness services Singapore Airlines service centre Others: _______________ 5. How would you describe your experience at ION Orchard? Fig. 1

3 CHIJSec/2023/EOY/3E/2279/01 (i) Suggest considerations the students should take to ensure that the data collected is reliable. [3] Award 1m per point Cap @1m if student list the considerations Accept plausible answers • The students should consider simple random sampling as no biasness of the students is involved in the selection of respondents. • The student should ensure there is a large sample size of more than 30 respondents for the questionnaire survey to ensure greater representativeness. • The students should divide themselves and spread across several locations in ION Orchard for the questionnaire survey to achieve wider coverage. • The students should repeat the investigation throughout the week and include both weekdays and weekends to ensure representativeness of the data collected. (ii) Describe the limitations of the questionnaire shown in Fig.1 in addressing the aim of the investigation. [3] Award a max of 1 additional mark for further development of each point Accept plausible answers • Question 1 ‘which continent are you from’ is irrelevant to the aim of the investigation and hence not necessary in the questionnaire. [1] • The pre-defined options provided for Question 3 is too limited (only 3). [1] This may not present a representative view of the shop and service provision at ION orchard. [1] • There is a double- barrelled option (fashion and fast food) which belongs to two different categories in Question 4. [1] As such, the data will be inaccurate if the respondent only visits ION orchard for either one of the categories instead of both. [1] (b) Study Table 1, which shows the results of Question 3 in the questionnaire. Number of responses for Question 3 Table 1 Rating No. of responses 1 7 2 24 3 119 (i) Using information from Table 1, draw a pie chart to show the rating of shop and service provision at ION Orchard. [3]

4 CHIJSec/2023/EOY/3E/2279/01 Award 1m for suitable title Award 1m for accurate degree of each rating (Accept +/-1°) Award 1m for legend 1: 17° 2.58° 3. 286° (ii) The teacher advised the students to use a word cloud to represent the results for Question 5 in Fig. 1. State an advantage of using a word cloud to represent the results for Question 5 in Fig. 1. [1] Award 1m for valid advantage • Word cloud simplifies text -based data and allows the important point to be recognised through bigger and bolder word(s). (c) The students decide to extend their fieldwork by investigating the average daily temperature of Orchard Road and the number of visitors at two shopping malls, ION Orchard and 313@Somerset along Orchard Road. They wanted to test the hypothesis ‘There are more visitors at both shopping malls when the average daily temperature increases.’ They collected primary data for average daily temperature and visitors at both shopping malls for a week and presented the results in Fig. 2 (Insert). No. of responses for Question 3 1 2 3

5 CHIJSec/2023/EOY/3E/2279/01 Fig. 2 (i) Describe the fieldwork method the students would use to collect and record the data for the number of visitors in Fig. 2. [4] Award 1m per point Reserve 1m for collection of data Reserve 1m for recording of data Accept plausible answers Collection • The students will position themselves at an entrance or exit of the shopping mall. • The students will determine the duration and the interval of the pedestrian count e.g. every 10 mins per hour from 12pm to 5pm every day. • The students will repeat the data collection every day throughout the week. • The students will carry out the pedestrian count at both shopping malls at the same time. Recording • The students will design a recording sheet with a suitable title ‘recording sheet for pedestrian count’ with the necessary details such as start time, end time and date. • The students will use the tally method where each stroke represents 1 visitor entering/exiting the shopping mall OR The students will use a tally counter to count the number of visitors entering/exiting the shopping mall and record the data on the recording sheet. 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 Average daily temperature (°C ) Number of visitors Day Number of visitors at ION Orchard and 313@Somerset and average daily temperature ION Orchard 313@Somerset Temperature (°C)

6 CHIJSec/2023/EOY/3E/2279/01 (ii) Using Fig. 2, evaluate how well the data supports the students’ hypothesis. [6] Award 1m for each evaluation on how well the data supports the hypothesis, to a maximum of 2 marks. Cap @4m if student did not address either side (support/ don’t support) Cap @3m if no data evidence is used from Fig. 2 Do not accept if student addresses ‘There will be fewer visitors when temperature decreases’ Accept plausible answers Support: • The number of visitors for both ION Orchard and 313@Somerset were the highest when the average daily temperature was the highest. [1] On Tuesday, when the average daily temperature was highest at 33.5 °C, the number of visitors were highest at 125 and 110 at ION Orchard and 313@Somerset respectively. [1] • From Monday to Tuesday, the number of visitors for both ION Orchard and 313@Somerset increased when the average daily temperature increased. [1] As the average daily temperature increased from 30.3 °C to 33.5 °C, the number of visitors increased by 40 at ION Orchard and 35 at 313@Somerset. [1] Don’t support: • From Friday to Saturday, the number of visitors for both ION Orchard and 313@Somerset increased when the average daily temperature decreased . [1] As the average daily temperature decreased from 32.5 °C to 29.5 °C, the number of visitors increased by 21 at ION Orchard and 5 at 313@Somerset. [1] • From Wednesday to Thursday,